CVE-2026-23831

Rekor is a software supply chain transparency log. In versions 1.4.3 and below, the entry implementation can panic on attacker-controlled input when canonicalizing a proposed entry with an empty spec.message, causing nil Pointer Dereference. Function validate() returns nil (success) when message is empty, leaving sign1Msg uninitialized, and Canonicalize() later dereferences v.sign1Msg.Payload. A malformed proposed entry of the cose/v0.0.1 type can cause a panic on a thread within the Rekor process. The thread is recovered so the client receives a 500 error message and service still continues, so the availability impact of this is minimal. This issue has been fixed in version 1.5.0.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:rekor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

02 Feb 2026, 15:06

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References () https://github.com/sigstore/rekor/commit/39bae3d192bce48ef4ef2cbd1788fb5770fee8cd - () https://github.com/sigstore/rekor/commit/39bae3d192bce48ef4ef2cbd1788fb5770fee8cd - Patch
References () https://github.com/sigstore/rekor/releases/tag/v1.5.0 - () https://github.com/sigstore/rekor/releases/tag/v1.5.0 - Product, Release Notes
References () https://github.com/sigstore/rekor/security/advisories/GHSA-273p-m2cw-6833 - () https://github.com/sigstore/rekor/security/advisories/GHSA-273p-m2cw-6833 - Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:rekor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Linuxfoundation
Linuxfoundation rekor

22 Jan 2026, 22:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-01-22 22:16

Updated : 2026-02-02 15:06


NVD link : CVE-2026-23831

Mitre link : CVE-2026-23831

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-23831


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Products Affected

linuxfoundation

  • rekor
CWE
CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference